Every Were Gets A Mate

Chapter 4

At first I looked around at the other pack members who had been witnessing all of this. They looked completely stunned. I could understand why. Nothing like this had ever happened before in were history. I had never heard even a legend of one person feeling the mate pull and the other not. It was supposed to be as impossible as rejection. They all knew they were witnessing one or the other. After Colton walked us out of the field, I realized he was taking me to the alpha's residence. That was not okay with me, so I beat my fists against his back and screamed, "Put me down! Let me go!"

"Never." Colton kept walking. My blows seemed to do him no harm. They made me feel slightly better in the moment, so I kept it up. There really wasn't anything else I could do. He was holding my legs too tightly for me to kick him. He was walking quickly and made it to the alpha residence in about five minutes. As we approached the house, a thought entered my head, and I began yanking at small pieces of his hair.

He growled. "Stop it, Jessica!"

I taunted, "I can hurt you all I want and not feel it because you are not my mate!"

He growled again, entered the house, and yelled at the nearest guard, "Get me the key to the blue room!" The guard hustled off to do his bidding, and Colton ran up two flights of stairs. This caused me to bounce on his shoulder, which was slightly painful. At least he would feel it too. After topping the stairs, he rushed down a short landing, threw open a door, and tossed me away from him.

I landed on a bed and bounced a couple of times. He stared at me with obvious want. I could tell he was thinking about what he would rather be doing to me on a bed right now. He simply couldn't. Our animal instincts won't let a were force himself on a woman, mate or not. Actual mating was only possible after mates accepted each other. I clearly wasn't accepting Colton as my mate. I stared back at him, letting him see my hate. I was done pretending.

I heard someone come up the stairs and stop outside the room. Slowly, Colton shook his head and asked in a calm voice, "What happened to you since yesterday?"

"I had to pretend to be a submissive, biddable girl in order to survive here. I would have been beaten or killed otherwise."

Colton frowned, obviously realizing that his supposed mate would have been killed if the latter had happened.

I shrugged my shoulders slightly. "Why continue to pretend when you can't do anything to hurt me now?"

A little smile formed on Colton's face, and that confused me. "I was surprised when I found out you were my mate because of who I thought you were. It makes far more sense that you are strong, wily, and underhanded. It took great strength to control yourself so well. You were hiding how perfect you are for me. I agree it was a good thing. It would be really bad for me if my father had killed you. And yes, you don't need to hide anymore."

He took a step closer to the bed and me. "Accept me, Jessica, and we will rule this pack together. You don't have to keep your head down anymore. Everyone will give you the respect you've been having to pay."

I frowned at him. "No one respects you or your father. They only fear you."

The smile didn't leave his face. "That works for us. They will fear you too. I'll give you whatever you want."

I let the disbelief show on my face. "I want love, kindness, affection, loyalty, and real respect. You can't give me any of that."

"I can," he insisted. "You are my mate. I won't treat you badly. It's true I don't care about the other members of the pack. They are there to serve us. You are different. You are my mate. I can be loving and kind. I can show you affection. Why would I abuse you? It would only hurt me too. My animal instincts would rebel at it."

I shook my head slowly. "I don't believe you, but it doesn't matter. I want my real mate, and you'll never be that." Colton scowled at this, but I kept talking. "I doubt I could even have children with you. I feel absolutely no desire to have sex with you. Your touch does not arouse me at all. In fact, you disgust me. I've disliked you my entire life. You've always been an asshole. Then... What you did to my brother..." I shook my head again. "That made me hate you. Hate is all I feel for you. I will never feel anything but hate and disgust when it comes to you."

I could tell my words hurt Colton. I could see his turmoil. He shouted, "That was his fault! He threatened me!"

I kept my calm. "He would have had no reason to do so if you weren't a spoiled, egotistical brat."

Claws sprouted from Colton's fingers. His brow protruded, and his nose widened. Fangs grew in his mouth, clearly visible with the way he was snarling. He had lost it, but I still wasn't afraid. The animal instincts that had caused him to change wouldn't allow him to hurt me in this form either. He turned, stormed out of the room, slammed the door shut, and shouted for the guard to lock it.

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